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6/20/2014 4:55PM

Barron's Buzz: Annuities, World Cup Bets, Solar Power

Barron's senior editor Jack Hough previews the new issue of Barron's, including a cover story on annuities, why solar is looking like a shaky investment and how to bet on the World Cup and win. Photo: Getty

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... ay the ... air in the area senior Jack how if you ... look ... at the latest issue Barron's magazine hope that Acer being here ... they are ... less have your top fifteen in you a nice day all the buttons deferred income contracts get what I need a licence ... this is a a small but really fast growing niche in the market it's really the simplest product probably in the annuity universe ... he put a chunk of money and ... you would a certain number of years now and when you turn on an income stream you know how much you get and you know the last your entire life one that ... you know advisor we spoke with describes it as ... it's like having a ... good old fashioned pension account but you're not getting it from General Motors are basically creating yourself ... we see too broad trends in annuities people are going for ... on defining product of the over the variable ones RightNow ... and are also shifting toward more fees have long been a Chris's mom annuity so ... we've got a list for folks or in the market for annuities to what has come a product ... of a a a ... a bunch of them from the top rated issuers once the lowest fees once it was the best returns so if you're in the market is a good place to start her shop INXS us have a look at solar and whether it's a risky and that I have this conversation a character than going on for awhile ... the the the the the solar industry them you're bringing technology Games gone and terms the efficiency of the business thirty percent federal subsidy ... that these guys are getting an installations and ... store in twenty sixteen ... that drops down to a ten percent subsidy it's a big deal for these guys in terms of their self ... RDC columnist writes about a couple differ moving parts are first will ... lawmakers have a lot of airplay right now trying to extend some other tax breaks for things like research development ... and I this is not something they're looking to to take on right now and there are some other ... vested interests out there like utility companies that are keen on seeing this extended if it's not extended ... you can see some much more profits in people might be expecting for the last upended a week and if you want to protect the World Cup win any AMP's the ninth on the neat and simple enough ... yet War re the looks that looks of this this site called Betfair dot com we can track ... odds as they move in a change even during the game our team scores a goal so if you want ... extra piece of information while you're watching appeared to it too impatient to see is that when you can even track the probability that water watch YouTube and the World Cup I ... I have to admit that how bad the data and the stuff I hadn't yet but this weekend but the US wanted and that the US is winning it's more interesting than the Seoul subway I'm a little bit and for what happens when sleep or to some I it's been seen in pots pans as Jack Hough the community